December 20, 2007 - Nuance Communications Inc. announced that six Dictaphone solutions were included in the 2007 Year-End Top 20 Best in KLAS Report, including PowerScribe and RadWhere for radiology applications and Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical, used to document care directly into an EMR.

Nuance’s EXSpeech and EXText are listed as leading transcription and back-end speech recognition solutions while the EXVoice is marked as a leading dictation solution.

Stellate’s Vita ICU Neurological Monitoring System features continuous EEG monitoring to facilitate early identification of potential neurological abnormalities and to enable treatment before irreparable damage occurs.

December 19, 2007 - InSightec Ltd. announced that the FDA has approved an investigational device exemptions (IDE) application that allows the company to launch a Phase 3 pivotal study to determine if its ExAblate incisionless surgery system can safely and effectively reduce the pain associated with bone metastases in patients who have failed to respond to radiation therapy.

December 19, 2007 - Novare Surgical Systems announced the successful completion of the 100th single port laparoscopic procedure using RealHand HD instruments.
These 'hidden scar' procedures require a single skin incision, and are performed entirely through the patient's belly button, either with a single larger trocar or several smaller ones. The goal is to reduce post operative pain, speed recovery and improve cosmetic results for the patient.

December 19, 2007 - A report examining the variation in rates of MRSA between different British hospitals between 2001 and 2006 and looking at the factors which have contributed to a 27 percent fall in the probability that a patient will acquire MRSA since 2001, was published yesterday by the Department of Health.

December 19, 2007 - The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), a multi-stakeholder group working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to assure the interoperability of electronic health records in the U.S. approved on Thursday its next set of recommendations for the American Health Information Community and HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt.

December 19, 2007 - USGI Medical Inc. today announced its EndoSurgical Operating System (EOS) is the first surgical platform to effectively close a gastrotomy (an incision in the stomach wall) during a natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES).

December 19, 2007 - Microfabrica Inc. will introduce at Medical Design and Manufacturing West a set of highly-miniaturized “building blocks” that designers of minimally-invasive medical devices can use to develop innovative new products.

December 19, 2007 - A new Web site will empower Michigan patients, families, employers and other consumers with more information than has ever been available about the charges, payments and quality of care at Michigan hospitals.

MI Hospital Inform, www.MIHospitalInform.org, is a voluntary consumer service of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA) and the state’s 146 nonprofit community hospitals.


In the emergency department, time can be a physician's greatest enemy. In a busy setting where many patients present with chest or abdominal pains, there is little to no time to order images and move that patient to another floor for diagnosis.

When time is of the essence and space is tight, versatile hand-carried ultrasound systems are saving lives by providing images in myriad situations – all in a single place, within minutes.
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